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Ben Kwok August 04, 2021 14:52 They won Tokyo Olympics medals, but they might not afford a flat at the Olympic station. Olympics gold medalist and fencing king Cheung Ka-long and swim queen Siobhan Haughey with two silver medals manage to reach the top of the sports world, but they might have trouble keeping up with the escalating home price in Hong Kong. Right, Cheung and Haughey would get HK$5 million each as special bonus, thanks to Henderson Land. Cheung would receive another HK$2.5 million from a charitable foundation of Lam Tai-fai, Hong Kong Sports Institute chairman. That would put Cheung on par with the other Asian winners, most notably heavy weight champion Hidilyn Diaz, who took home around 52 million pesos (US$1.04 million) for winning the first-ever gold medal for the Philippines. ....
Jul 31, 2021 The light red flag with the five-petaled bauhinia flower does not represent a country. But Hong Kong, the Chinese territory where political and civil rights have been battered in recent months, is enjoying its strongest-ever showing at the Tokyo Olympics, capturing gold in fencing and two silvers in swimming. The three-medal haul is the first time that Hong Kong, which was returned to Chinese rule by the British in 1997, captured more than a single medal at the Olympics. On Friday, swimmer Siobhan Haughey won her second silver of the Games, in the women’s 100-meter freestyle, following a victory in the 200-meter freestyle event Wednesday. ....
WHIZ News Olympics Latest: An San of South Korea wins 3rd archery gold
MEDAL ALERT An San of South Korea has won her third straight archery gold medal at the Tokyo Games. She won during a shoot-off in the final of the women’s individual event. An beat Elena Osipova of ROC, the acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee, by a 6-5 score Friday. She scored a 10 in the shoot-off Osipova recorded a 8 to help her nation remain perfect in archery in Tokyo. An had a part in the mixed and women’s team gold medals as well, with the men’s team also winning. The last archery event will be the men’s individual competition Saturday. ....
Olympics-Badminton-Japan bags mixed doubles bronze; China’s streak of wins continues Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Badminton - Mixed Doubles - Bronze medal match - MFS - Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan – July 30, 2021. Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan celebrate after winning their match against Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet of Hong Kong. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger July 30, 2021 By Richa Naidu TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan won its first-ever mixed-doubles bronze medal on Friday when Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino, who have played together for a decade, took out Hong Kong’s Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet 21-17 23-21 in a tight match. ....